F–25
Lansdale, PennsylvaniaUnited States

RiceburnerZ28

M–33
Plano, IllinoisUnited States

2001 Chevrolet Camaro SS

“Black Beauty”

1994 Chevrolet Camaro Z28

“MoneyPit”

Head to Head

About “Black Beauty”

My brother Dean enlisted in the Navy recently and asked me, his 18 year old little sister, to take care of his Camaro SS convertible for him while he is in the service. (He's either very trusting or very stupid!) He knew from the day he bought the car that I loved it, but until now he never even let me drive it! He lived a couple hundred miles from us, but came home for a week visit before leaving for basic training, and he checked me out on the car before he left. To make everything official, he put the car in my dad's name (so the insurance would cost less!), but I'm taking care of paying for everything including basic upkeep, regestration, inspection, and insurance. Dad even volunteered to park his car outside so mom's car and the Camaro can be parked in the garage. The Camaro will only come out to play on clear days with no chance of rain or snow. My Cavalier will still be my daily car. I want to be able to return the car to my brother in as good a shape as it's in now!

About “MoneyPit”

I brought this car in June of 04 and I loved it the moment I saw it.The day I drove it home from the dealer I was so scared cause it was my first rear wheel drive V8. For the first week I was doing a lot of cruising and some qtr mile runs until one day I went to get some gas and noticed the engine temperature started to creep up so I shut it off and gave it some time to cool down then went to pay for the gas. About time I got out I saw antifreeze on the ground...me being a newbie I didn't think to much about it other then it being too much coolant in the system. So as I pulled away (like a dummy!) the temp went up! I drove as quick as I could to get back home and before I did the cars power was steadily dropping and I was like oh sh8t! When I got it to my driveway it overheated. The result cracked heads and blown headgasket then eventually spun rod bearings.

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Mods for “Black Beauty”

I have not and will not do anything to this car. I'm keeping it the way my brother 'gave' it to me so he'll get it back the same way. I don't know what he may have done to it. I didn't ask, but he didn't mention anything.